Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
Minutes
October Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday October 18, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Location
82 Lewis Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Trustees Present
Doris Givens, Josue De Paz, Kevin Nesbitt, Shawn Carson, Victor Rivera
Trustees Absent
Cecelia Russo, Cynthia Aker, Joseph Sciame
Ex Officio Members Present
Nicholas Tishuk
Non Voting Members Present
Nicholas Tishuk
Guests Present
Brian Blough, John Matos, Lamar Renee Garcia, Lisa-Renée Brown, Patience Brown, Patricia Bramwell
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve September minutes
Approved with any needed corrections
II. Academic and Family Life Committee
A.
Committee Update
III. Governance Committee
A.
Committee Update
The committee worked on the upcoming Board fundraiser.
B.
Vote on Board Officers
Doris nominated Shawn for Treasurer, Kevin seconded. Victor, Kevin and Josue to stay on as their receptive positions. Motion to elect that slate by John, seconded by Cecelia. Passed 7-0. Terms are through June 30th, 2024. We have a new board member, John - no other updates until after our upcoming fundraiser.
IV. Finance Committee
A.
Finance Committee Update
Lisa-Renee presented on the finances of the school. Team has done a wonderful job at keeping enrollment consistent through the beginning of the year with 728 currently enrolled, from the 710 projected. November 13th is the public meeting for our audit meeting for the Finance Committee.
V. Development Committee
A.
Development
Gala is going really well – there’s a strong forecast for ticket sales and we need all board members to get their commits through the door. We’ll be meeting on the 27th to chat further about next steps.
VI. Public Comments
A.
Public comments
There were no public omments.
Nicholas and Patience presented the now unembargoed NYS testing data for Grades 3-8. The board talked through the state test analysis for spring 2023 – data is in context of the schools across the city, and students across district 16, where our school outperformed against all categories, especially in SPED and ELL.
We spoke too about the funding comparison at the school compared to other schools in DOE – we were underfunded (by 29%) but had remarkable results in closing the achievement gap.